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The Sumur Watchman was found?
ed In 1860 and the True Southron In
IMi. The Watchman and Southron
aow has th% combined circulation and
influence cf both of the old papers,
and Is manifestly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
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Former Senator John L. McLaurin
has discovered that Bloasism is not
the quintessence of ull the political
\irtues. Perhaps he would not have
seen the light hail the Blease confer?
ence endorsed the statesman from
Marlboro for Governor.
see
There seems to have been too much
Charles Carroll Simms in the Jef?
ferson Hotel caucus to suit Mr. Mc?
Laurin. so. with all the dignity he
I ssesses. he wraps his tattered toga
about him and retreats to the shades
of private life. Vale, farewell, skid
doo '
see
Th?> Ameri? ans, w ho fled from
Mexico, when 1'resub nt Wilson warn?
ed American citizens resident in that
country to arrange their adairs and
return at once to the country whose
protection they claimed, may yet have
cause to congratulate themselves that
they were wise enough to give heed
to good advice. Those who remained
hu\. ?pent their time scoffing at Pres
id. ot Wilson and Jeering at the scary
folks who fled, but are now In a panic
to pat out and are finding it difficult
to obtain Iran -qiortation. When
things get a li?;b. worse in Mexico,
as they are bound to do. these ? \
pntrlatcs who have been abusing the
tinted States and the udmlniHtrution
will clamor for warships und an army
to come to their rescue.
1NCONSISTFN? V OF IILFASF.
Without mentioning any name, ac?
cording to reports published in some
of the morning daily newspapers.
0asjfjtMf Blease at the round-up of
his forc?s in Columbia the .other
night, made an attuck upon the man
who introduced the resolution befoi.
'.e Stute Executive Committee to in?
vestigate the primary of last summer.
In the n?-xt breath the chief executive
pleads tor u fair primary.
The News and Courier correspond?
ent, in reporting the meeting, says
that Iii? hard I. Manning, of Sumter,
candidate for governor, is the one re?
ferred to l?y the governor and the
history ad the aftermath of the till
campaign bears o it this assertion.
But Go\ernor Chaise, if he desires
t ? be fair, should have |oM his au?
dience the whole truth of Mr. Man?
nings stand b.f-.re the Executive
Geananfttteeh of his Aght f<T ? clean
pnmar\ and al the reason for the in?
troduction of the resolution that
seems to have angered the governor
so much that he has singled out Mr
Man aing .is a subject ol attack, while
de .during repeatedly and vociferous?
ly that he would inks no band In the
first primary of tin- gubernatorial con?
test. We do not wonder that Mi.
Manning has chosen to ignore at this
time the governor's distorted version
of the |.. t-formanee of a duty to tic
p. ..p'e of South Carolina. The lee
BJ is yf hu part in the Kxec ItlVS Com?
mittee meetings are an open book and
the fair-minded people of this State
are not gedng to be fooled Into believ?
ing that Mr. Manning die anything
but whut was exactly right In the cir
eurnstuaces.
When the State BgeCnttV* Commit
tee met. after the second primary ol
the 1*12 eampaign. the e were pre?
sented protests ??n loth sides and re?
quests to Investigate the primary eier?
te n. Governor Blease and his friends
charged fraud on the Jones side and
friends of Judge Jones presented a
formal petition on bis I.?hall with re
gard to alleged irregularities. No
other evidence of the Blease (barge
of fraud is needed than the remarks
credited to him and his lieutenants at
the conference the other e\enmg.
l.i bard 1 Manning, member of the
State Executive Committee, with the
charges of fraud before the cmmif
tee and with the . r> . m evef) side 1 la
vestlgute the primary and keep pure
the election machinery ol th? DeOMi
?ratie partv in South Carolina," intio
duced a reMdutloii to hfefcs the pri?
mary. It was a non partisan action
snd it needs im defense at our hands.
Insinuation^ were made about Mi.
Mann11 g s not serving on the sut? ooin?
lolttee lhal aOilinalSd ?he probe. Thi*
has satisfactorily be* n exi Pilned to
ill pel bap l . ? the ll tie lie rs \\ ho
applauded Governor Blense'i Inoon
atstsnt remarks
Following Ihe meetlni of the com*
mlttec at which the resolution WU
passed, Mr. Manning was celled out of
the state on Important buelneei thai
conld not be delayed. He knew that
bj DOttM not gel bach to South Car
ollna In time to begin tin- Investigation
which be, moreover, felt Should be
andertnken at once, Hence, he aaked
111 bs sacused from serving in order
that oihers who might go to work at
OnOti could Inks the matter In hand
and reach a conclusion as quickly as
possible. This he felt was necessary.
When Mr. Manning returned to
Soi Tn Carolina from his trip, he
lonnd that the probe had not pro
gresned very far and he, immediately,
wrote John Gary Evans, State Demo?
cratic hairman, calling upon him to
Older the work forward so as to de?
clare the result of the primary and
tho Investigation and let the people of
the State know just what had been ac?
complished.
Later when the whole committee
was called tQ meet, it was Mr. Man?
ning who introduced the resolution t >
declare the result on the face of the
returns, and it was the passage Of this
resolution that declared Cole L. BlCSSC
governor, and the other men who at?
tained majorities in the second pri?
mary to their respective offices.
These evidences of fair play, these
efforts to safeguard the Democratic
primary in our State and preserve It
intact from outside control, arc now
distorted and used as tempting mor-1
sels to catch the popular fancy, by
the governor. When the people un-'
der.stand the real facts in the case
they will applaud Mr. Manning und
others who stand for pure elections;
and for white supremacy in govern?
mental control. Only recently Mr.
Manning outlined his views on tip'
primary question by stating, in effect,
that he favors every white man, not j
disqualified by constitutional or stat?
utory provisions, being alowed to vote
once, and only once. He is one ot
those who are making the light to re?
tain the purity of the ballot in South |
Carolina, and he should not be
maligned by unscrupulous politicians
who are seeking their own personal
advancement. The people of South
Carolina, who so love fair treatment
will not stand for It. They will rally
to the support of any man so un
justlv attacked, especially when that
man has the traits of Richard 1. Man?
ning.
The spectacle Of Blease, in one
breath attacking a member of the
Exeeutive Commitee charged With
the duty?for asking for pure pri?
maries, and in the next moment mak?
ing a plea for these same honest elec?
tions, will only tend to convince the
people of Mease's determination thai
the primaries in this State shall b I
thrown ope'n to all sort of irregulari?
ties. It will be seen which will tri?
umph and that the people are tired oi
the pretense of non-partisanship ami
fairness evidenced under Bleaseism
already abundantly has been shown.
1 lock> Bluff News Notes.
Rocky Bluff, Oct. 30.?Most of the
corn, hay and peas have been gather?
ed. Some nave dug potatoes and in!
placei most of the cotton has been
picked. There has been a large crop
of corn and ponvlnc hay made ami
potatoes are wry good, while cotton Id
not as short as was expected at on I
time. Some have about finished
planting oats, whi e ?Ubers have just
started.
Messrs. John and Ed McLeod ami
Charlie Baker spent last Sunday at
Pisgnh.
Mr. Ott Hattield of Belhune Span I
Sunday here.
Mr. T. II. Jackson and family, Mr.
J. J. Hattield and family and Mr. M.
E. Capell's family spent Sunday at
Mr. W. F. taker's
Mrs. Eogle who has been spending
some time with he/ daughter, Mrs. \\ .
B. Wells, has gone to Privateer to
Visit relatives.
Mr. Lawrence and family of Brog*
dog spent Sunday at Mr. H. 11. Win-1
bios'.
Pain in Hack and Ithcumutism
Torment thousands of people
daily. Don't bs one of these suffer*
eis when for so little cost you can
get well mi of the cause, Poley Kid?
ney Bills begin their good work from
the very fust ?los?-. They exert so
direct an action on the kidneys ami
blttdder tli.it the pain ami torment ot
Imekaehe, rheumatism ami kidney
trouble is soon dispelled. Kibert's
I >rug Store. ? Ad. t.
Ths many friends of Mr. c. E.
Btubbs will be sorry to bear that lo?
ts still in a serious condition, im im
provomenl having been noted since
Krida*
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\ Muhl of Tenor.
Few nights ar?" ne",' terrible ih.'itl
tb.it of a mother looking on her child
< hob Ina and guaplni tor breath during
an attnek ot croup, ami nothing In
the house to relieve it. etnny moth?
ers have passed nights of terror in
tins situation. A little forethought
will enable you to avoid ail tins.
Chnmberlaln'a Cough Remedy Is a
certain curs for croup ami bus never
been known I., tail K?cp it at html.
Pol sale b . all desist a Advl.
THE NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGN.
Bryan Taken up Defense of President
About Whom State Campaign i
Waged.
Bllsnbeth. N. J.. Oct. 81,?Rcpudiu
tlon or Indorsement of the policies of
President Wilson today was declared
by Secretary Bryan to be the issue In
the New Jersey campaign this year.
Mr. Bryan spoke here In the Interest
of the Democratic candidate for gov?
ernor. James i\ Fielder,
Secretary Bryan declared that dur?
ing the first year of his administra?
tion Preaideni Wilson has set the
country free from the moneyed inter?
ests. He added that the tariff was
another thing with which campaigners
for the Republican party in the past
had made it a rule to terrorize the peb
pel by telling them that to tamper
with the tariff was to invite a panic.
President Wilson, he said, proved this
argument to he a fallacy.
Alluding to the pending currency
hill, Secretary Bryan declared thai
the measure now before the senate
was a "marvel of constructive legisla
tlon."
"In the old days the secretary of
the treasury,' when there was a change
i
pending in the currency question, used
to run up to Wall street," he said, "hut ;
now this has been changed and WC
Und Wall street men at Washington
protesting against any ?hange."
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Nervous and Sick Headaches.
Torpid liver, constipated bowels
amb disordered stomach are the
causes of these headaches. Take Dr.
King's New Life Pills, you will bo
surprised how quickly you will get re?
lief. They stimulate the different or- ;
gans to do their work properly. No
better regulator for liver and bow?
els. Take 25c and invest in a box to?
day. At all druggists or by mail H.
K. Ducklen & Co., Philadelphia and ,
St. Louis.?Advt.
child BURNED to DEATH,
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Mother Faints While K?nning to \
Bencue of Her son.
Clinton, S. C, Nov. 1.?Thomas
Chapman, the 3-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter A. Davis, who lived
about three miles east of Clinton, was'
fatally, burned yesterday afternoon
while playing about the home. j
Mrs. Davis had gone out In the yard
about 12.30 o'clock to attend to BOJOB/O
domestic duties, and had left ?kfi
children in the back yard playing.;I
Soon alterward she heard screams
and upon looking in the direction of
the house saw the child on the back
porch enveloped In Hames. She had
a fence to cross before she could
go to the house, and in her efforts io
reach the child she was so overcome
that she fainted. As soon as she re?
covered Sufficiently she again ran in
the direction of the house, but upon
seeing the suffering child a secoml
time she again fainted.
When the child was reached it Was
so badly burned that there seemed to
be no hOpCS for its recovery. Phy?
sicians were Immediately summoned,
i?ut despite their efforts to give relief,
death came about 5 o'clock.
More Dottles Sohl Fach Year.
?It is easy to understand why an in?
creasing number of bottles of Foley'B
Honey and Tar Compound is sold
yearly. Thos. Verran, 286 Edward 1
Street, Houghton, Mich., gives an ex?
cellent reason when he writes: "Fo
by s Honey and Tar Compound has
always proven an effective remedy,
quickly relieving tickling In the
throgt, and stopping the cough with
no bad after effects. Blbert'8 Drug
Store.?Advt.
KILLED IN PLANING MILL.
Remains of M. T, Dragdon Interred
Near Manning.
Manning. Nov. 1.?Mr. Mark T.
Brngdon, formerly of this county, was i
killed in a pinning mill in Savannah 1
j about noon yesterday. The body was
' brought here this morning and in?
terred In the Tisdale family burying
ground, about four milei west of Man
nlng, Mr. Bragdon was engaged as a
machinist, and had just adjusted 8
(dining machine that had got out of;
working ordt r. and when he started
In a board to sei> how the machine
Worked, n knot was struck, and a piece
dew out, striking him In the ehest and
killing him instantly. Mr. BragdOll
was a son of Mr. J. T. I'.ragdon, of
Columbia, but formerly of this coun?
ty, ami a son-in-law of Mr. T J. Tis
dale, of this county. He was 88
years old and leaves his wife and one
little boy, The burial service was
conducted by the Rev, J. A. Ansleir,
pastor of the Manning Baptist chuivb.
Nearly Every Child Has Worms.
Paleness, at times a Hushed face,
unnatural hunger, picking the nose,
great thirst, >tc? nre Indications of
worms. Klckapoo Worm Killer is a
reliable, thorough medicine for the
removal of all kinds of worms from
Children and adults. Klckapoo Worm
Killer In pleasant candy form aids
digestion, tones system, overcoming
constipation and Increasing tin- action
ot the li\ei-. is perfectly safe for
even the most delicate children,
Klekai. Worm Killer makes chil?
dren happy und healthy, 2Bc, Quar
I anteed, Try it Drug stores or by
mad Klekai. Indian Medicine Co.',
I Philadelphia and ^t. I.one \d\ t.
GREATEST RADIUM MINES.
Will bo Developed in The Paradox
Valley of Colorado.
An experimental plant, using entire?
ly now methods developed by the
United states Bureau of Mines, for
mining radium, will be erected in the
Paradox Valley of Colorado by the
National Radium Institute, recently
organized in Delaware with Dr. How?
ard A. Kelly, of Baltimore, as one of
tiie directors, says i dispatch from
The Sun's Washington Bureau. The
ridum found in the mines of Colora?
do, as announced last week, will be
devoted to experiments in radium
therapy, especially the curing of can?
cer and to investigate the physical and
chemical effects of radium rays.
Dr. Charles L. Parsons, chief of
the Division of Mineral Technology of
the Bureau ol" Mines, who is one of
the directors of the National Radium j
Institute, holds that the Paradox
Valley of Colorado is the richest ra?
dium-hearing held in the world. The
institute has obtained the right to
mine 27 claims in thi" valley. It is j
amply supplied with funds to carry
out its purpose. The radium is to be
used for humanitarian purposes and
will not be offered for sale.
Dr. Parsons, in a recent prelimi?
nary statement, declares there is
three times as much radium being
made from the carnotite ores of Colo?
rado and Utah as from all other
sources in the world. This ore has i
been sold to European manufactur
era at prices commensurate with its j
radium value, while much of the low
grade ore was discarded and wasted.
Many of the old dumps are now be?
ing reclaimed for the purpose of re?
covering the material thrown away.
Dr. Parsons, in a Bureau of Mines
statement recently published, sajs:
"The popular belief that the chief
sources of radiun is the mineral1,
pitchblende, especially from mines at
Joachimsthal, Bohemia, which are |
under the control of the Austrian gov?
ernment, is inaccurate. Some pitch?
blende has been produced from mines
in Gilpin county, Col., and autunite, ?
another radium-bearing mineral, has
been found in South Australia and in
Portugal, but carnotite, the most im?
portant ore of radium, is found, out?
side of the United States-, only in South
Australia and Russian Turkestan. The
Paradox Valley region of Colorado is
the richest raidum-bearing held in
the world.
"Carnotite la lemon-yellow mineral
containing the rare metals uranium
and vanadium, an'd in Colorado and
Utah is usually found in pockets in
sandstone. It can be told by its col?
or and appearance, and especially by
its being radio-active. If a photo?
graphic plate be wrapped in several
thicknesses of paper, a key or oth- j
er metallic object placed; on the pa- \
per, the two or three ounces of car?
notite be suspended above t,he whole i
in a light-tight box, and then, after
three or four days, the plate develop ?
ed, an image of the key or other ob?
ject will be found on the plate. The
radium is associated with the uranium'
in the ore, and can be separated from |
vanadium, uranium and other metala
I
by Chemical treatment.
"The price of radium is about $120.
per milligram of radium metal, which
is equivalent to approximately $91,
000 per gram of radium chloride, or
$70,000 per gram of anhydrous ra?
dium bromide, the forms in which)
radium is sold.
"The total quantity of the ore in
Colorado and Utah regions, because of
its pockety nature, cannot be esti?
mated with any accuracy, but al?
though the money value of the ore
mined in a single year will never ap?
proach that of this country's output of
several of the common metals, yet the
value to the public of these depo its;
is not to be measured in dollars and j
cents.
"Developments in the application of
radium to medicine are coming fast,
and With the production of a sufficient
quantity of radium In this country,
cures may be affected that have been
impossible with the smaller amounts
heretofore available to physicians.
"It is doubtful If at present there is
in the hands of the medical profess oil
of America more than a single gram
of'this rare element and the results!
of Investigations soon to he publish*
ed will show that tin- concentrated
action of rays from several bundled
milligrams of the element arrest cer?
tain forms of cancer and other malig?
nant growths when smaller quanti?
ties are without beneficial effect."
Declare War on Colds.
A crusade of education which aims
"that common colds may become un?
common within the next generation"
has been begun by prominent New
York physicians. Here Is a list of the
"don'ts" which the doctors say will
prevent the annual visitation of the
cold.
"Don'l sit in a draughty car.*'
"1 ion'1 sleep In hot rooms."
' I lon'l a\ oid the fresh air."
"Don'l stuif yourself at meal time.
Overeating reduces your resistance."
To whli h we would add wie n you
take a cold uet rid of it as quickly
' as possible, To accomplish that ypu
will And Chamberlain's Cough ftem
edy niosi excellent. Sold hj all deal
eis. AdVt.
Immediate Effects of Tariff Revision.
Four years ago, as the Payne-Al
drlch tariff was about to go into ef?
fect, the custom-house of New York
through winch two-thirds of the coun?
try's imports are entered, was be
eged by a frantic mob of customs
brokers, importers, and representa?
tives of manufacturers who import
direct their raw materials, anxious to
enter their goods before the mid?
night hour, when the new tariff ra.e.?
were to go into effect. Ships laden
with goods to the bursting-point were
straining every nerve in a mad race
across the Atlantic to get into port be?
fore the fatal hour; their captains,
with declarations in hand, were met
by anxious owners of imported mer?
chandise at the enrance to the har?
bor, taken on swift harbor craft, and
rushed to the custom house to get
the entry registered in time to secure
the benefit of the old Dingley rates?
the very rates which American people
had found too high, and for the down,
wed revision of which they had given
a mandate to President Taft and the
Republican party a lew short months
before. This mad scramble to get in
under the old rates furnished the most
telling ocular refutation of the so?
phisticated claims of the authors of
the Payne-Aldrich act that the new
law was a revision downward.
The travail of producing the new
tariff this year has been marked by
striking contrast to what occurred
four years ago; no frantic crowds try?
ing to break into the custom house;
no racing of ships across the ocean;
no burning of midnight oil at the cus?
tom house to accommodate desperate
merchants. Instead, everybody hold?
ing imports down to the level of im?
mediate needs; goods either held back
on the other side or stored in bond?
ed warehouses waiting to be released
after the tariff was to go into effect.
Henca a decline in imports at the
port of New York during the three
months of June, July and August ol
twenty-one million dollars as com?
pared with the imports for the same
months last year, in the face of a nor?
mal increase of imports from year to
year. Hence also an increase in the
value of. merchandise stored in bond?
ed warehouses on the eve of the en?
actment of the new law (to avoid pay?
ment of duty until released for con?
sumption) of twenty million dollars
over the same period last year, thus
making a total decline of imports for
consumption for three months of $41,
000,000.?American Review of Re
views*
A Consumptive Cough.
A cough that bothers you continu?
ally i.s one of the danger signals which
wan s of consumption. Dr. King'a
New Discovery stop the cough, loosen
the cheat, banish fever and let you
sleep peacefully. The first dose
checks the symptoms and gives
prompt reih ( Mrs. A. F. Mertz, of
Glen Fllyn, Iowa, writes: ' Dr. Kng's
New Discovery cured a stubborn
cough alter six week's doctoring fail
id to help." Try it, as it will do the
same for you. Hest medicine for
coughs, colds, throat and lung trou?
ble. Money back if it fails. Price 50c
and $1.00. All druggists, by mail, H.
E. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or
St. Louis.?Advt.
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FACT.
Local Evidence.
Evidence that can be verified. |
Fact is what we want. J
Opinion is not enough.
Opinions differ. * f . '
Here's a Sumter fact. j
You can test it.
W. IL Folsom, salesman, 101
Hampton Ave., Sumter, S. C, aays:
"My back ached and if I mace a quick
move, I had sharp twinges through?
out my body. After sitting for awhile,
I had to lift myself up. The kidney
secretions were unnatural and filled
with sediment. Doan's Kidney Pills,
procured at China's Drug Store, gave
me relief and after taking them I en?
joyed good health. I gladly confirm
my former public endorsement of
Doan's Kidney Pills. The benefit I
got has been permanent."
For sale by all dealers. Price 60
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name?Doan's?and
take no other. No. 30.
Geo.H. Hurst,
UND ERT AK ER AND FMBADMEK,
Prompt attention to day or night
cells,
AT OLD J. D. CRA1G STAND, Ml N.
Main Street.
Day Phone M?. Night Phone Sg_
Climb!
(f Don't stand still and
watch the others getting
ahead of you?Climb!
{f The way to climb is
to have a bank account
and keep it growing.
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Bank of Sumter
1905 1913
The Farmers' Bank and
=Trust Co.-?
Our record speaks for itself. We are helping to
place the farming interest of our country on a
cash basis. We want one thousand additional,
good farm accounts.
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